SIBO is classified as bacteria belonging in the colon that overgrow in the small intestine, meant to break down food, absorb nutrients and move contents forward.

Breath testing is a cornerstone diagnostic tool for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and carbohydrate malabsorption, yet atypical results often present interpretive challenges. This ...

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) last fall released new clinical guidance on managing gastroparesis, a complex motility disorder with many unmet therapeutic needs. The overall ...

Bowel habits aren’t exactly dinner-table talk. But they reflect how quickly the gut moves things along, and when that goes wrong people can experience constipation, diarrhoea, or irritable bowel ...

Oregon consistently ranks near the bottom of the country in terms of access to treatment for substance use disorders. Portland-based Boulder Care seeks to address that by providing telehealth and ...

Carrum Health launched a substance use disorder treatment program for employers a year ago and has now expanded it to include cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine as employer demand surges. This ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enabled states to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and required expansion programs to cover substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Extending prior research, we ...

For decades, amblyopia has been considered a disorder primarily caused by abnormal visual experiences early in life. But new research from Mary Whitman, MD, Ph.D., pediatric ophthalmologist in the ...

These motility organs play important roles in DNA uptake to exchange genetic information between different bacteria, allowing what's so-called genomic plasticity. Therefore, bacterial motility organs ...

New research is starting to uncover a strong link between neurodivergence and eating disorders. There could be several reasons why neurodivergent individuals—that is, those whose neurocognitive ...

In healthy swallowing, liquid quickly passes from the mouth to the stomach. In individuals with esophageal motility disorders, this process is disrupted. Fukuoka, Japan—For most people, swallowing is ...